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Dunstable Downs Sunset Bedfordshire

The plan for today’s afternoon photo walk was to catch a sunset over the Dunstable Downs in Bedfordshire.  With the Dunstable Downs being the gateway into the Chiltern Hills.
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Sundon Hills to Sharpenhoe Clappers

I had to drive into Luton that morning to attend one of those driver awareness courses due to speeding on the motorway.  After which I planned an afternoon walk from the Sundon Hills to Sharpenhoe Clappers.
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Ivinghoe Hills Buckinghamshire

Heading out past Dunstable and the gateway to the Chiltern Hills to make my way into Buckinghamshire to walk and photograph the Ivinghoe Hills starting at the Ivinghoe Beacon and then into the Ashridge Estate.
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The Pegsdon Hills Chilterns Bedfordshire

On my way to the Barton Hills, I passed Deacon and the Pegsdon Hills and for my second weekend in the east of England decided to return to this part of the Chiltern Hills in Bedfordshire.
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The Barton Hills Bedfordshire

For the second time now I had left behind the beautiful land and seascapes of Dorset to start a new work contract.  This time I was moving to east England, Stevenage in Hertfordshire.
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Kimmeridge to Swyre Head Purbeck

Another part of the Jurassic coast on the Isle of Purbeck I had not covered was the Kimmeridge Ledges.   The plan was to park up in Kimmeridge and make my way back via Swyre Head, hopefully catching a setting moon over the bay.
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Dancing Ledge Purbeck Dorset

There were lots of gaps along the Jurassic coast on the Isle of Purbeck I had not covered.  Studying the National trust Dorset Landmarks, Spyway leading down to Dancing Ledge looked like a good place for some seascape photography and a coastal walk.
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West Hill Purbeck Corfe Castle Dorset

Since scouting the east hill of Corfe castle I was keen to return to Purbeck and shoot some landscape photos of the castle ruins from the West Hill.  Then walk the west side of the Purbeck Hills towards Povington Hill.
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Swyre Head Purbeck Dorset

First landscape photography walk of 2019 was going to be from Swyre Head the highest point on the Purbeck Hills to Houns Tout Cliff on the Jurassic coast.  On a cold and frosty January morning.
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Scouting Corfe Castle Purbeck Dorset

On the drive back from Old Harry on the Purbeck Isle, I wanted to stop at Corfe Castle and scout out the views of the castle ruins from the east hill approach on the Purbeck Ridge.
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Croyde Bay North Devon

From Folkestone in Kent, it was a long drive to Croyde Bay in North Devon, my next destination.  The plan was to work my way down the coast into Cornwall all the way to Lands End.
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Folkestone North Downs Way

When in Folkestone, you can’t help notice the surrounding backdrop of the North downs hills.  There was a break in the gloomy winter weather, it was going to be a sunny day, blues skies and a gentle breeze.  I was heading up those hills of the North Downs Way.
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